Biography
Ryan Schebek (he/him) - Founder, RCC
Ryan is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) and a Certified Adlerian Counsellor. Ryan completed his Master of Counselling Psychology at Adler University. Before opening a private practice, he worked in various mental health support settings. This included addiction treatment centres and community mental health clinics.
In addition to his private practice, Ryan also teaches counselling. Designing and delivering courses for aspiring counsellors is rewarding and enriching for his practice.
Ryan recognizes that systemic oppression profoundly influences mental health and access to care. This understanding shapes his clinical approach and informed the creation of Care Beyond Capital, a social justice–focused practicum dedicated to fostering supportive, anti-oppressive spaces for healing. Ryan is committed to using his own privilege in meaningful allyship with communities impacted by oppression. His practice is grounded in compassion, social justice, and the belief that all people deserve equitable, affirming care.
Ryan also advocates for other modalities for healing outside of counselling. His interests include yoga, mindfulness and psychedelics as an adjunct to traditional psychotherapy. He is also trained in Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). Stemming from his work with Ketamine, Ryan offers psychedelic integration sessions to help others explore their own experience with altered states of consciousness.
When Ryan is not doing therapy, you might catch him watching a movie at the Vancouver Cinematheque, playing board games with friends, doing yoga, reading or playing video games.
Grant Regier (he/him) - Student Intern
Grant is a counsellor in training, currently completing his Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Adler University. In his practice, Grant helps individuals heal and explore parts of themselves that are disconnected, stressed, and internally conflicted through the Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach. Additionally, he employs facets of other modalities, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), in understanding and working with parts. In his practice, he undergoes continuous training, integrates client feedback, and continues to develop his own personal growth to refine his approach. As part of his training, he is particularly interested in psychological research, trauma, counselling theories, and skills.
Outside of the counselling environment, Grant is interested in other ways of healing. These include mindfulness, breathing exercises, and philosophy as a guide for being present and living authentically.
When Grant is not in class or doing therapy, he enjoys video games, meditation, cold immersion, martial arts, and going for ruck marches (i.e., taking walks with a weighted backpack) as they greatly improve my capacity for self-awareness.
My top 5 video games are: Sons of the Forest, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Split Fiction, It Takes Two, and any of the Fallout games. Martial arts that I have enjoyed are: Taekwondo, Aikido, Judo, Combatives and Boxing
Sara Taylor (she/they) - Student Intern
Sara (she/ they) is a counsellor in training currently completing her Master’s of Counselling at Adler University in Vancouver. Originally from Vancouver Island, she has called Vancouver home for the past ten years. Sara offers a warm, collaborative space where clients are invited to explore and heal at their own pace.
Her approach is grounded in existential therapy, with a focus on meaning-making and understanding how lived experiences shape our ways of being. Sara also draws from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), feminist therapy, mindfulness, trauma-informed practice, and liberation psychology. An intersectional feminist and neurodiversity-affirming stance is integral to her approach. This perspective invites a critical stance toward dominant norms around behaviour, identity, and communication, recognizing these as culturally and contextually mediated rather than universal. Sara has a special interest in supporting neurodivergent, disabled, and 2SLGBTQIA+ clients, people navigating trauma, and people exploring their relationships to religion and spirituality.
In session, she pays close attention to what’s happening in the moment, striving to help clients notice and make sense of their experiences as they arise. Her work emphasizes consent, safety, pacing, grounding, and creative problem-solving. Striving to be responsive and accountable to the diverse communities served by her practice, she works collaboratively with clients at every stage of the therapeutic process and tailors her method to the individual. She is a white, queer, neurodivergent person of European descent. Outside of counselling, Sara enjoys reading, writing, creating and appreciating art, and hanging out with her cat.
Sandy Valenzuela (she/her) - Student Intern
Sandy is a counsellor in training who brings an open, curious, and transparent presence to her work, grounded in deep respect for the many ways people experience identity, relationship, and belonging. As a queer person herself, she is especially committed to creating affirming, liberatory spaces for 2SLGBTQ+ folks, where people can explore their lives with honesty, safety, and dignity.
Her practice is rooted in relational and psychodynamic perspectives, shaped by the belief that our feelings, whether tender, sharp, or numb, often carry something that longs to be seen. Sandy works alongside adults navigating parenthood, identity, and life transitions, with a particular focus on queer and trans clients, neurodivergent folks, new parents, and parents of neurodivergent children. She holds a strong awareness of how systems of power, oppression, and attachment histories shape our inner and relational worlds.
Outside of counselling, Sandy co-founded Care Beyond Capital, a collective reimagining mental health care through community and anti-capitalist values. She finds meaning in painting, walking through the city while listening to audiobooks, and discovering new music.